Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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1875 Reprints of 1857-1861 Issues continued...

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#45, 24c Blackish violet reprint, without gum as issued, nicely centered, deep rich color and a highly detailed impression on bright white paper, very fine; only 479 issued; 1993 PF certificate. (Image)

3,500.00

SOLD for $2,200.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

#46, 30c Yellow orange reprint, without gum as issued, a brilliantly fresh and handsome example of this reprint rarity, possessing absolutely radiant color and a crisp impression on bright paper, quite well centered as well, very fine for this; only 480 issued; 1993 PF certificate. (Image)

3,500.00

SOLD for $1,400.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

#47, 90c Deep blue reprint, without gum as issued, a well centered and attractive example of this scarcest value of this reprint set, particularly deep bright color, surrounded by full and unclipped perforations unlike so many from this issue, certificate mentions "pin-point thin spot" indicating how small and, in our opinion, insignificant it is, a very fine example of this reprint rarity of which only 454 were issued; 1976 PF certificate. (Image)

4,500.00

SOLD for $3,500.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

1861 First Design "August" Issues

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#55, 1c Indigo "August", unused example of this 19th century rarity, well centered being a bit to right as most examples are, lovely characteristic deep "August" color, tiny thin spot at top from one pulled perforation, far less significant flaws than the other examples with faults, which account for over half of the known copies, otherwise very fine; it is believed that a total of only 24 copies exist of the One Cent First design exist; of this total two are cancelled and another is housed in the New York Public Library collection, leaving only 21 uncancelled copies available to collectors; more than half of these are found with faults ranging from serious to minor as is the case with the stamp offered here; 1982 and 1992 PF certificates. (Image)

20,000.00

SOLD for $7,000.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

#57, 5c Brown "August", an incredibly fresh original gum example of this important rarity, possessing a remarkable overall brilliance very few of the other existing examples can boast, with rich and intense color, plus its impression is deeply etched on bright crisp paper, well centered though reperforated at right (not mentioned on 1989 PF certificate), full clean o.g. that has been relatively lightly hinged, a small gum crease at bottom, which are endemic to virtually all of the original gum "August" issues, very fine appearance; only 35 examples of the Five Cent "August" issue are known (two of which are cancelled) and only 16 of the existing population still retain any portion of their original gum; none of the existing original gum examples are completely fault free; 1989 PF certificate; ex-Ballman. (Image)

15,000.00

SOLD for $6,000.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

#60, 24c Dark violet "August", attractive appearing example of this First Design rarity, color is beautiful and fresh in the distinctive "August" violet shade, very well centered though reperforated at left, and possessing full original gum, which has caused a mild gum crease, something that is very characteristic of these fragile thin paper issues, very fine appearance; 1966 PF certificate. (Image)

7,500.00

SOLD for $2,600.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

#61, 30c Red orange "August", unusually well centered unused example, being better than the vast majority of the 30 examples believed to exist of this rarity, radiant bright color, sealed internal tear, very fine appearance; only 28 examples of Scott #61 have been certified by the Philatelic Foundation, plus two others that have not been certified including the one in the New York Public Library collection; virtually all known examples have faults to some degree, very often being creases caused by the gum of the very thin paper; the copy offered here represents an opportunity to acquire an affordable example of this rarity that is missing from most collections; 1992 PF certificate. (Image)

19,000.00

SOLD for $6,000.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

#62, 90c Dull blue "August", unused example of this rarity, deep dark blue color of this issue and sharp detailed impression, reperforated just into the design at left, otherwise sound and of fine appearance; only 21 examples of this issue are believed to exist including one in the New York Public Library collection making this the rarest of all the First Design "August" issues; this stamp is an affordable example that is a great United States rarity in any condition; 1956 PF certificate. (Image)

32,500.00

SOLD for $8,500.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

62B

#62B, 10c Dark green "August", a beautiful used single with great eye appeal, well centered, with marvelously rich deep color, and on bright white thin paper of the "August" issue, perforations are clean and all intact, plus magnificently cancelled with crisp socked-on-the-nose San Francisco "cogwheel" cancel, choice very fine; photocopy of 1984 PF certificate for a pair of which this is the left stamp. (Image)

1,050.00

SOLD for $600.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

1861-1866 Issues

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#66, 3c Lake, fresh mint single, with bright distinctive color of this trial printing on bright white paper, sharp detailed impression, o.g., nearly very fine; 1979 PF certificate. (Image)

2,000.00

SOLD for $750.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

70b

#70b, 24c Steel blue, a marvelous appearing mint example of one of the rarest, and often misidentified, shades of this issue to be found in mint condition, the unmistakable color of this stamp is particularly deep and rich with a freshness that is often lacking on this, crisp detailed impression, wonderfully well centered within large margins, plus full o.g., all making for exceptional appearance despite light diagonal creases, extremely fine appearance; photocopy of a 1987 PF certificate for a block of four, this being the bottom right stamp, and a 1999 APS certificate as a single. (Image)

9,000.00

SOLD for $3,750.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

#73, 2c Black, fresh and attractive mint single, well centered for this notoriously poorly centered issue, crisp impression, full o.g., very fine; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)

350.00

SOLD for $150.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

#74, 3c Scarlet, fresh distinctive color of this scarce issue, o.g., reperforated at top and right, shallow thin, fine appearance; a presentable example of this rare trial printing; 1999 PF certificate. (Image)

7,000.00

SOLD for $2,300.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

#75, 5c Red brown, an unusually fresh unused single of a very difficult 19th century stamp, intense bright color and sharp impression, very fine; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)

2,100.00

SOLD for $675.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

1867 Grilled Issues

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#79, 3c Rose, "A" grill, lightly cancelled single of this scarce early experimental grill, fresh typical rose color, because the grill was strong and covered the entire stamp it was not long used as it damaged perforations and made separation difficult, this example much better than usually seen, very fine; 1990 PF certificate for a cover from which this was taken. (Image)

1,350.00

SOLD for $550.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

#83, 3c Rose, "C" grill, well centered used example for this difficult grilled issue, fresh rose color with strong impression for this, black cut cork cancel, very fine. (Image)

1,000.00

SOLD for $375.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

#84, 2c Black, "D" grill, unusually fresh used example of this scarce grill issue, particularly intense black color on clean white paper, razor sharp impression, central black grid cancel, centered just into the design at left, the vast majority of this have similar centering or worse, otherwise an attractive and fine stamp; 1994 PF certificate. (Image)

3,500.00

SOLD for $800.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

85B

#85B, 2c Black, "Z" grill, a remarkably well centered used stamp for a grilled issue that is quite frequently well off center, well impressed grill showing well the unique characteristics of the "Z" grill, sharp impression, central cut-cork cancel, extremely fine; 1987 PF certificate. (Image)

1,200.00

SOLD for $1,350.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

85C

#85C, 3c Rose, "Z" grill, a handsome used single, possessing especially deep color, grill is very distinct and shows from the face in the light black cancel, very fine for this; while this is one of three values that were clearly production grills (2c, 3c, and 12c), this is clearly the scarcest of the three and a very elusive Scott number that is missing from many collections; 1991 PF certificate. (Image)

3,500.00

SOLD for $750.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM

85E

#85E, 12c Black, "Z" grill, exceptionally well centered within larger margins than normally encountered, intense color and a well incised impression, especially light and unobtrusive cancel, easily identifiable grill impression, a very fine and choice used example of a terribly elusive and challenging stamp; 1989 PF certificate as well as photocopy of a 1989 PSE certificate. (Image)

1,600.00

SOLD for $1,050.00
Closing..Oct-17, 09:00 AM